Should a kid play games that has higher ratings than his/her age?

jji10

lance4dragons wrote:
*cough*Deadpool*cough*PG-13? IDK. But anyways, you somethings wrong when NINTENDO LAND is E10+. And despite me being 7(ish) when I played Monster Hunter Tri, I did not find anything disturbing.

Now, with Terraria being rated T just because of the alcohol references…
IDK.

Lance out.

I'd say all games E10 and under are suitable for everyone. Terraria is T for alcohol as well as violence, blood and suggestive themes.

BaconAndEggs1School

lance4dragons wrote:
*cough*Deadpool*cough*PG-13? IDK. But anyways, you somethings wrong when NINTENDO LAND is E10+. And despite me being 7(ish) when I played Monster Hunter Tri, I did not find anything disturbing.

Now, with Terraria being rated T just because of the alcohol references…
IDK.

Lance out.

I don't find there to be too much wrong with Nintendo Land's E10+ rating. {EDIT: Wait, did you mean that E10+ was too high? It got a PG rating here in Australia and I would agree with you if that were the case.} I'm pretty sure the T for Terraria is also for some of the violence and gore present in the game. (Didn't Deadpool get a mature rating?)

Last edited by BaconAndEggs1School (July 30, 2016 06:37:44)

jji10

BaconAndEggs1School wrote:
lance4dragons wrote:
*cough*Deadpool*cough*PG-13? IDK. But anyways, you somethings wrong when NINTENDO LAND is E10+. And despite me being 7(ish) when I played Monster Hunter Tri, I did not find anything disturbing.

Now, with Terraria being rated T just because of the alcohol references…
IDK.

Lance out.
I don't find there to be too much wrong with Nintendo Land's E10+ rating. {EDIT: Wait, did you mean that E10+ was too high? It got a PG rating here in Australia and I would agree with you if that were the case.} I'm pretty sure the T for Terraria is also for some of the violence and gore present in the game. (Didn't Deadpool get a mature rating?)

Deadpool got an R in 'Murica, MA15+ for Australians like us lol.

lance4dragons

Lol. Luckily the Sm4sh series got E10+ now… what do you think about that?
I personally think it's ok.

PrincessPanda_test_

jji10 wrote:
lance4dragons wrote:
*cough*Deadpool*cough*PG-13? IDK. But anyways, you somethings wrong when NINTENDO LAND is E10+. And despite me being 7(ish) when I played Monster Hunter Tri, I did not find anything disturbing.

Now, with Terraria being rated T just because of the alcohol references…
IDK.

Lance out.
I'd say all games E10 and under are suitable for everyone. Terraria is T for alcohol as well as violence, blood and suggestive themes.

Would a baby play this?

Savio-5002

bellesherman wrote:
Now, at my summer camp, I was assigned to a buddy. You may know what a buddy is if you live in the USA. But that isn't important. What is is that my buddy said that he liked to play GTA. Here's the bummer: He's only 8-10 years old. He said that his parents allowed him to play GTA. Now of course if you don't know much about video games, then GTA is rated M for Mature. That's 17+! And even more, it is rated AO, or Adults Only in some countries! Now, should that be allowed? I mean, I did play rated T games before even though I am ten. But should I? It's the same as asking about if my summer camp buddy should play GTA! What do you think? Should kids be able to play games that have ratings higher than their age if their parents allow them?

No way. They put the ratings there for a reason. The reason: would you let a 5 year old play <insert fighting game here>?
answer:No.
One time I played Plants VS. Zombies, and the sound effect where the zombies eat your brain freaked me out(If you want to know, I lost on level 1-2). I didn't play again for a few months, and to this day, I've never used sound on Plants VS Zombies.
It was E10+ and I was around 7.

Last edited by Savio-5002 (July 30, 2016 22:36:56)

jji10

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:
jji10 wrote:
lance4dragons wrote:
*cough*Deadpool*cough*PG-13? IDK. But anyways, you somethings wrong when NINTENDO LAND is E10+. And despite me being 7(ish) when I played Monster Hunter Tri, I did not find anything disturbing.

Now, with Terraria being rated T just because of the alcohol references…
IDK.

Lance out.
I'd say all games E10 and under are suitable for everyone. Terraria is T for alcohol as well as violence, blood and suggestive themes.
Would a baby play this?

I'm sure the gameplay is just Mario style with you pressing Space to shoot sometimes or something.

peanutbaloo

Well, I think it depends if there parents think its good enough. I mean, if there parents think the're old enough, than they probably are.
But, you're talking to the kid who watched Harry potter at 7, so I might have a different view.

grimcreeperzbro

The answer is no.
And what the hell is this thing doing on SCRATCH?!??!?!?

bybb

In the UK you can:

Join the REAL army at 17.
Can't play CoD until you're 18.

Logic!

nickeljorn

bybb wrote:
In the UK you can:

Join the REAL army at 17.
Can't play CoD until you're 18.

Logic!

In the US it's the other way around because you can't join the army until you're at least 18 and it's recommended that kids under 17 have parental guidance when playing CoD ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

jji10

bybb wrote:
In the UK you can:

Join the REAL army at 17.
Can't play CoD until you're 18.

Logic!

You can join the army at 17 in the UK? But you aren't even a legal adult until you're 18.

5632622roblox

yes, i would love for a 4 year old to play call of dung xd

PrincessPandaLover

Decided to give out my reply again.

In my opinion, it's okay for a child to play a game which is supposed to be for mature audience, as long as (s)he knows what (s)he's doing and his/her parents approve. Even though there's no proof video games cause violence, there are reports of minors committing crimes after playing a video game.

My parents only allow to play games rated T or below. Fortunately, M-rated games don't appeal to me and Sonic the Hedgehog is mainly E (there are some E10+ Sonic games, however).

My parents don't allow me to play Shadow the Hedgehog, because of gun usage.

TeamRocketFan

If the child and their parents are okay with it and the game isn't overly violent or inappropriate, then there should be no problem with it.

CellularData

ok so a couple of months ago i posted something based on my very limited knowledge of what a couple of fifth graders were like so i'm going to try again

i actually don't know that many kids that play shooter games, but then again, basically all of my friends are the “smart kids” so what do you expect?

anyway, if you're a kid, i don't think you should play shooter games with blood. if there is no blood, or if the blood is like a few red pixels that appear for a split second (and not a realistic color for blood) then it's fine. unless you're like 6 or something.

ratings can be fair, and unfair. usually 10+ games tend to be fine, because they're rated that for one of these reasons:
1. one of the characters says “heck” at one point
2. the game involves fighting of any kind, but it's not bad
3. just to be on the safe side

however, 13+ games are not recommended unless you're either 13 or mature enough to be 13.

each kid is different though

MintyFreshApocalypse

lance4dragons wrote:
Lol. Luckily the Sm4sh series got E10+ now… what do you think about that?
I personally think it's ok.

i still think bayo is pushing it

TealWashableMarker

It honestly depends on the maturity of the child. If a child has been taught and completely understands that certain content shouldn't be repeated in real life, then they may be okay playing games with an age rating higher than their age. For example, I've always been a lot more mature for my age, both physically and mentally, so I view content that most children my age wouldn't be ready for, and I don't repeat any of it (except the occasional slip of the tongue). However, someone I used to know wasn't allowed mature content by their parents, but they viewed it anyways in secret. They also used to attack me and I think they might have done long-lasting damage to my shoulderblade, which is a definite sign they probably weren't ready for what they were viewing in secret.

PonyoPenguin

Parents should do their research on a game and not go based off the label on the box.

For example, if your nine-year-old asks for a Sims game, you might see at first it's rated T, but doing your research, you'll see it's a very creative open-world space for a child to express their imagination, where the worst things that happen are beds shaking, people turning into ghosts and sometimes peeing themselves.

If your nine-year-old asks for Naughty Bear or Senran Kagura Burst, you'll also see that they're also rated T, but doing your research will find that the former has an insanely sadistic tone, encouraging the player to murder and drive bears to suicide, and the latter is very much focused on female anatomy.

Maybe we should just have a better ratings system.

Last edited by PonyoPenguin (April 8, 2017 21:45:09)

Spycapt54

Scratcher1002 wrote:
According to a dude from YT, a parent plays GTA with his 3yo. BUT, they don't go around murdering people and stuff, they just drive around, obeying the traffic laws. And it's his way of teaching his son colo(u)rs. And eventually makes and brands of cars.

So, yeah I guess they could.. If they're parents are OK with them playing it. (And I DON'T mean just saying ‘yeah, yeah, ok’ I mean researching it and deciding if the stuff it shows is what they want their child to see.)

I remember that episode of Extra Credits!

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